Another questionable experience regarding prescribing a medication.

Recently, I had to take my daughter to the emergency room due to severe pain she was having in her stomach.

Arriving at the hospital’s emergency room, she was briefly evaluated in the triage.

Due to the severity of her pain, they stated they would put her into an emergency private room and administer morphine, prior to a doctors examine.

We informed the triage nurse of my daughter’s sensitivities, and stated she couldn’t take morphine. Because of this, they sent her back to the waiting room, where she vomited several times from the pain and waited for hours.

When finally admitted into the emergency room, she continued in excruciating pain for hours more without a diagnosis.

My daughter’s pain intensified to the point it was intolerable. At this point, she requested a simple Motrin pill. Unfortunately, it took a couple of hours to receive the Motrin.  Hindsight to the fact, it would have taken only minutes to be administered morphine.

Shortly after taking the Motrin, the pain subsided. She was diagnosed with a passing kidney stone and was released soon after.

Nikki was in the ER for a total of fourteen hours, thirteen of which she was in severe pain basically because she refused morphine.